Search results for "BELICE"

Analysis of acetyl-CoA carboxylase gene polymorphisms in Valle del Belice dairy breeds

2015

Acetyl-CoA carboxylase is the flux-determining enzyme in the regulation of fatty acid synthesis within animal tissues. The expression of the mammary gland isoform of this enzyme, during lactation, is regulated by the acetyl-CoA carboxylase-α (ACACA) gene. The ovine ACACA gene, with 51 coding exons, is responsible for phenotypic variability observed in milk fat content and milk fatty acids (FAs) composition. However, before attempting association analyses between this enzyme and phenotypic traits of interest, a study on the genetic variability within this locus is required. The aim of this work was to sequence the encoding region of ACACA gene in Valle del Belice dairy ewes in order to ident…

Pecorino Siciliano DOP; Vastedda della valle del Belice DOP

2016

The author gives a description of two Sicilian PDO cheeses: "Pecorino Siciliano" and "Vastedda della valle del Belice"

Analysis of microbiological variation in PDO Vastedda della valle del Belìce cheese during the storage period

2011

The PDO “Vastedda della valle del Belìce” is a Sicilian pasta filata sheep cheese, made from raw milk without starter addition. It is a small round cheese without rind, weighing about 500-700 g. It is cheese is marketed also out of Sicily to allow its marketing and to prolong its shelf-life. The aim of this work was to evaluate the variation of microbiological parameters during the shelf-life period. Then 162 Vastedda cheeses from 18 cheese-making processes in 7 farms have been analysed at different times of storage at 4°C (0, 15, 30, 45, 60, 75, 90, 105, 120 days). Coliforms and E. coli were detected into 7/18 cheese-making processes and their count decreased during the storage period. Ent…

An Investigation of the Shelf-life of PDO Vastedda della Valle del Belice Cheese Subjected to Different Packaging Systems Alternative to Vacuum

2015

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of different packaging systems alternatives to vacuum that is commonly applied for PDO Vastedda della Valle del Belice (VdB) cheese, a tipical pasta filata cheese, made with raw ewes’ milk. After production following the traditional cheesemaking protocol, VdB cheeses were packaged as follows: vacuum, paraffin wax and two different Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP) consisting of a gas mixture of 70% CO2-30% N2 (MAP1) and 100% N2 (MAP2). Cheeses were stored at 4°C and analyzed (25 g) at time 0 and after 15, 30, 60, 90, 120 and 180 days. All the samples were subjected to microbiological analyses for the evaluation of total mesophilic aerobic b…

Vastedda della valle del Belìce, una DOP che può dare molto

2008

Vastedda: la pasta filata della valle del Belìce

2013

A MESOZOIC PALEOMARGIN in WESTERN SICILY, its TERTIARY EVOLUTION and its PRESENT-DAY SEISMOGENETIC POTENTIAL

2013

LARGE LANDSLIDES AND NEOTECTONICS: A CASE STUDY IN WESTERN SICILY

2009

The study area is located in the western sector of the Sicanian Mounts where the superimposition, consequence of the Miocene and Lower Pliocene tectonic transpressive phases, of different geologic bodies, having vergence to the southern quadrants, can be observed. In this area, the neo-autochthonous deposits are given by marly-clayey sediments of middle-upper Pliocene, pertaining to the “Marnoso-arenacea” Formation of the Belice Valley, and by Pleistocene calcarenites. The recent extensional tectonic crisis (neotectonics) have further dissected and dismembered the original structural edifice, involving also the Pleistocene calcarenites, which show tectonic displacements mainly NE – SW orien…

Placemaking in rural areas. New town Gibellina

2016

In Belice Valley, in 1968, after the earthquake, due to the generally poor life conditions, people losing their homes, and a rather not very present State, popular mobilisation was the choice. In the post-earthquake reconstruction, the self-organisation process came back in vogue due to the previous example of Danilo Dolci's action in western Sicily, during the fifties. The Mayor Ludovico Corrao also referred to the revolutionary roots of Dolci's movement, including those values in his dream of city's rebirth, involved inhabitants, artists, and architects to "make the town".

Il territorio del Belice e le lotte per lo sviluppo

2008

Una cronaca delle vicende che hanno segnato il territorio del Belice e le relative implicazioni urbanistiche e paesaggistiche. Il terremoto del Belice (14 gennaio 1968) interessò quattordici comuni della Sicilia occidentale, ricadenti nella province di Palermo, Trapani e Agrigento e dislocati a ovest e a est del fiume Belice, che nel tratto meridionale fa da confine tra le province di Trapani e Agrigento. La Sicilia occidentale é una delle zone più ricche di risorse storiche, culturali e archeologiche naturalistiche e ambientali. Ricordiamo le zone archeologiche di Segesta, Mozia, Selinunte, le cave di Cusa in cui si modellavano i rocchi per le colonne dei templi classici, diffuse necropoli…